How has the selling gone so far?
Slower than expected. A few people answered my Craig's List ad right away and bought a few NES games each and a few scattered SNES and Atari cartridges. Some even were return customers within the same week or even a few weeks later. I think they just wanted to test out my stuff before diving in for more than a few bucks, but when they saw I took care of my old games, and also researched their true values, they came back for more. I even had a few people in a bidding war over a few of my rarer titles at the beginning!
But to get more sold I had to place another set of Craig's List ads. After the first ad expired (I had everything lumped into one large lot but I offered the ability to buy individual items), I posted more than one ad breaking up my items by system and still offering the possibility of selling individual items. I had some more success there, selling a lot more of the NES, SNES and Gameboy items I had, including my FC Twin combo system.
A few weeks went by and selling got really slow. Apparently I got rid of whatever everybody else thought was "hot" right away. Several titles and even my Atari system sat with a few very "low-ball" bids. Obviously, regardless of what I may thought my items should be worth based on my research, they really are only worth what someone else will pay for them.
What to do, what to do?
I am continuing to post Craig's List ads and updating them as I sell items. Most of the NES & SNES stuff is gone but very little Atari stuff is gone. I am going to lower my asking prices but I still believe what I am lowering it to is reasonable, although less than I initially expected.
I'm really surprised the Atari stuff didn't "jump off the shelf", so to speak, but hopefully with the lower prices I can get rid of it for a satisfactory profit. I'm also surprised that many of my "in box" items didn't fly either. I figured the potential "collector" would jump at the opportunity to grab original cartridges still in box, but surprisingly not right away until I started to lower my asking prices. Hopefully my next post will show final success.
